Facebook offers to help train pupils

Facebook is to offer digital safety ambassadors to every secondary school in the UK.

The social media giant will work with Childnet International and The Diana Award to train pupils in more than 4,500 schools as digital leaders and anti-bullying ambassadors. The announcement comes after the publication of new research which found almost two-thirds of 13- to 17-year-olds (63 per cent) said they wanted more peer-led online education programmes.

The new programme will offer pupils access to faceto-face training, online resources and forums. Facebook’s head of global safety policy, Antigone Davis, said: “This partnership is the next step in our ongoing effort to help young people build safe and supportive communities.”